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Sarah Smiley: Father-son baseball becomes brother-brother
I’ve been worried about baseball season ever since Dustin left in November. Basketball season was one thing. School…
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Sarah Smiley: Hiring a house cleaner — gutsy move?
I’ve never had anyone (except maybe my mom) clean my house. Ironically, I never thought my house was…
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Dinner with the Smileys: Learning about cancer | Opinion
So far, Dinner with the Smileys has been about us and what we are going through while Dustin…
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Sarah Smiley: Warehouse shopping – fear of the unknown and bulky | Opinion
My children leisurely eat popcorn while they watch Obi Wan Kenobi defeat Anakin Skywalker in the battle of…
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Sarah Smiley: Sen. Susan Collins comes to dinner | Opinion
Ford, my 11-year-old son, wrote the first round of invitations for Dinner with the Smileys (you can read…
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Sarah Smiley: Dinner with the Smileys | Columnist
When Dustin is gone, I get creative with ways to count down the time. The standard way, of…
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Sarah Smiley: ‘All volunteer’ is not what it seems | Opinion
I am committed to making sure this column does not become a yearlong rant about the ups and…
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Smiley: Dustin’s Change of Command brings change
As a military dependent for more than 35 years, I have been to many Changes of Command, most…
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Sarah Smiley: Child’s speech fleeting, sentimental
Recently, at a church dinner, I told my boys, “There will be a limit on the bread.” What…
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Sarah Smiley: Mom of boys welcomes new boy mom
A friend recently had her first baby, a boy. As you know, I have three boys. I also grew…
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Sarah Smiley: Wedding band size does matter
This summer, Dustin lost his wedding band in the Penobscot River at the base of Mt. Katahdin. I…
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Sarah Smiley: SpongeBob’s not so bad
Monday morning, while my children sat in the living room watching one of the 198 episodes of “SpongeBob…
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Night without power brings appreciation
Hurricane Irene was, relatively, nothing more than a big storm when it came through Maine. But it did…